KZZ51: NOAA Weather Radio, Carroll

162.425 MHz · 1,250 W · On the air

KZZ51 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.425 MHz (WX4 on most receivers) from Carroll, Iowa, at 1,250 W. The National Weather Service office in Des Moines, IA programs it. It covers 9 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

KZZ51 (the largest dot) and the transmitters within 100 miles, colored by their status now.

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The transmitter

Call sign: KZZ51
Frequency: 162.425 MHz (WX4)
Power: 1,250 W
Status: On the air
Station: Carroll
State: Iowa
NWS office: Des Moines, IA
Location: 42.0490, -94.8844

Counties covered

Program a SAME receiver with the code of your county. Coverage is NWS’s note of the part of a county the signal reaches.

County	State	SAME code	Coverage
Audubon	Iowa	019009	Whole county
Calhoun	Iowa	019025	Whole county
Carroll	Iowa	019027	Whole county
Crawford	Iowa	019047	Whole county
Greene	Iowa	019073	Whole county
Guthrie	Iowa	019077	Whole county
Ida	Iowa	019093	Whole county
Sac	Iowa	019161	Southeast
Shelby	Iowa	019165	Northeast

Nearby transmitters

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Sources

Transmitters, status and county coverage from the National Weather Service’s NOAA Weather Radio county coverage listing (data). Public domain. Read September 28, 2026 at 4:56 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.